Battle of the Denmark Strait - Wikipedia
Less than 10 minutes after the British opened fire, a shell from Bismarck struck Hood near her aft ammunition magazines. Soon afterwards, Hood exploded and sank within three minutes, with the loss of all but three of her crew.
German battleship, the Bismarck, sinks Britain’s HMS Hood - HISTORY
Nov 16, 2009 · On May 24, 1941, Germany’s largest battleship, the Bismarck, sinks the pride of the British fleet, HMS Hood. The Bismarck was the most modern of Germany’s battleships, a prize...
BBC - History - World Wars: HMS 'Hood' Sunk by 'Bismarck'
Feb 17, 2011 · On the evening of 21 May 1941, battle cruisers HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales were ordered to leave Scapa Flow immediately and head for Iceland, from where they could intercept the German...
The Sinking of HMS Hood: How the Hunt for the Bismarck …
May 26, 2024 · In just 10 minutes of fire and thunder, the British battlecruiser HMS Hood, pride of the Royal Navy, was ripped apart by the guns of the German battleship Bismarck and disappeared beneath the waves of the North Atlantic.
Loss of HMS Hood and Bismarck - Royal Naval Association
Sep 13, 2023 · Shocked by the catastrophic loss Hood, the Admiralty was determined to hit back, so a powerful task group was rapidly assembled with a simple task – sink the Bismarck. Accompanying heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen continued on her mission to attack Allied commercial shipping while Bismarck headed south-east, with a view to rejoining the fray after ...
Remembering the Sinking of the Bismarck - HISTORY
May 26, 2016 · Launched in 1918, Hood was Britain’s largest battle cruiser and perhaps the most famous warship afloat. A view of the German battleship Bismarck firing on a merchant ship in the north Atlantic....
How the Hunt for the Bismarck Lead to the Sinking of HMS Hood
May 24, 2021 · Yet in May 1941, during the battle of the Denmark Strait in the North Atlantic, it was struck near its ammunition magazines by shells from the German battleship Bismarck. These subsequently exploded, sinking the Royal Navy’s largest vessel in just 3 minutes, with the loss of all but three of its 1,418 crew.
THE BATTLE OF THE DENMARK STRAIT - kbismarck.com
The Hood, the Mighty Hood, pride of the Royal Navy and during 20 years the largest warship in the world, split in two and sank in three minutes at about 63º 22' North, 32º 17' West. The stern portion sank first, end up and centre down, followed by the bow portion, stem up centre down.
Bismarck sinks the Hood - HistoryExtra
Apr 23, 2021 · Bismarck sinks the Hood. Within minutes, Holland realised his mistake and started to turn his ships to bring their aft (rear) turrets into action, as shells from both German ships began to drop around Hood and smash into her superstructure. But it was already too late.
The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Demise of Nazi Germany‘s …
May 25, 2024 · The sinking of the Bismarck was a major victory for the Royal Navy and a huge boost to British morale after the loss of the Hood. It demonstrated the vulnerability of even the most powerful battleships to air attack and marked a turning point in naval warfare.